The Way of Folly
Proverbs 9:15
In 11 translations
- BSB
- calling out to those who pass by, who make their paths straight.
- KJV
- To call passengers who go right on their ways:
- WEB
- to call to those who pass by, who go straight on their ways,
- ASV
- To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:
- LSV
- To call to those passing by the way, || Who are going straight [on] their paths.
- YLT
- To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight [on] their paths.
- DBY
- to call passers-by who go right on their ways:
- DRC
- To call them that pass by the way, and go on their journey:
- GNV
- To call them that passe by the way, that go right on their way, saying,
- JPS
- To call to them that pass by, who go right on their ways:
- LXXE
- calling to passers by, and to those that are going right on their ways;
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- לִקְרֹ֥א לְעֹֽבְרֵי־דָ֑רֶךְ הַֽ֝מְיַשְּׁרִ֗ים אֹֽרְחוֹתָֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- προσκαλουμένη τοὺς παριόντας καὶ κατευθύνοντας ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτῶν·
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
PersonificationHarlot (Prostitute)FoolLasciviousnessIgnoranceHellProverbs, the Book ofAdulteryTemptation
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 7:25–27Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways; do not stray into her paths. For she has brought many down to death; her slain are many in number. Her house is the road to Sheol, descending to the chambers of death.
- Proverbs 23:27–28For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well. Like a robber she lies in wait and multiplies the faithless among men.
- Proverbs 7:13–15She seizes him and kisses him; she brazenly says to him: “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows. So I came out to meet you; I sought you, and I have found you.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).